Voters fill out their ballots on Nov. 6, 2018, at The Salvation Army in San Jose. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

At right, Elizabeth Crapo, 31, of San Jose receives an "I Voted" sticker from precinct clerkThu Ha after voting at Taylor Elementary School in San Jose, California, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. (LiPo Ching/Bay Area News Group)

Richard Arocha, 66, of San Jose, shows off his "I Voted" sticker after voting at Trace Elementary School in San Jose, California, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. (LiPo Ching/Bay Area News Group)

Voters including Dave Ade of San Jose, right, fill out their ballots on Nov. 6, 2018, at The Salvation Army in San Jose. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

Poll clerk Don B. Wilson, 69, of San Jose, wears his "I Voted" stickers and American flag tie at Trace Elementary School in San Jose, California, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. (LiPo Ching/Bay Area News Group)

A vote sign directs voters to Trace Elementary School in San Jose, California, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. (LiPo Ching/Bay Area News Group)

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 01: Reza Shefa, of Hayward, gets assistance with his conditional ballot at the Alameda County Registrar of Voters in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. Many voters opted to vote early in the midterm elections. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 01: Merla Ebalang, left, casts her midterm election ballot with the help of Jacqueline Lam at the Alameda County Registrar of Voters in the basement of the Alameda County Superior Courthouse in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 01: Early voters cast their midterm election ballots at the Alameda County Registrar of Voters in the basement of the Alameda County Superior Courthouse in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

SAN JOSE, CA. - Nov. 1: Election workers including Son Vu, left, and Yennelly Rose, right, open and process vote-by-mail ballots on Nov. 1, 2018, at Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters in San Jose. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

Early voters receive assistance as they prepare to cast their midterm election ballots at the Alameda County Registrar of Voters in the basement of the Alameda County Superior Courthouse in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 01: County employees wait for voters to drop off their midterm election ballots at a drive-through drop stop outside of the Alameda County Superior Courthouse in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

A voter fills out his ballot on Nov. 1, 2018, at Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters in San Jose. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 01: Early voters cast their midterm election ballots at the Alameda County Registrar of Voters in the basement of the Alameda County Superior Courthouse in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 01: Amanni King, 19, of Oakland, turns in her ballot as she votes for the first time at the Alameda County Registrar of Voters in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. Many voters opted to vote early in the midterm elections. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 01: Early voters receive assistance as they prepare to cast their midterm election ballots at the Alameda County Registrar of Voters in the basement of the Alameda County Superior Courthouse in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 01: Lila-Lidia Kozlowski, of Oakland, casts her midterm election ballot at the Alameda County Registrar of Voters in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. Many voters opted to vote early in the elections. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

SAN JOSE, CA. - Nov. 1: A voter fills out his ballot
on Nov. 1, 2018, at Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters in San Jose. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 01: Early voters cast their midterm election ballots at the Alameda County Registrar of Voters in the basement of the Alameda County Superior Courthouse in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 01: Early voters cast their midterm election ballots at the Alameda County Registrar of Voters in the basement of the Alameda County Superior Courthouse in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

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The Nov. 6 midterm election is poised to deliver monumental results on the local, state and national fronts. Voters are confronted with dozens of state and local ballot measures, plus candidates for many more offices. The outcome in races for the state legislature and Congress could help define “waves” that set the national agenda for the next two years and beyond.

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 01: Early voters cast their midterm election ballots at the Alameda County Registrar of Voters in the basement of the Alameda County Superior Courthouse in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Our journalists have spent hundreds of hours covering the issues and races important to Californians in the Bay Area and beyond. Our editorial board, which operates separately from the newsroom, has spent months interviewing candidates, speaking to experts and advocates, and analyzing various claims about many of the issues upon which voters will weigh in. In recent weeks, the members of the editorial board have offered their recommendations to readers on more than 160 specific candidates and measures.

If you’re only clicking on one link in this guide, make this the one.. It links to every one of our editorial board’s recommendations — from statewide ballot measures and offices all the way down to what’s in front of voters in dozens of Bay Area communities, broken down by county and city. Our editorial board members explain all of their decisions, so even if you disagree, you can see and evaluate their reasoning.

We have also gathered more information on some of the most controversial statewide ballot propositions, including our “PRO/CON” columns, written by outside experts and advocates on either side of the issue.

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